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. >> reporter: she is the public relations manager at linkedin so finding time to volunteer wasn't an option until her employer introduced her to spark.com. >> i have gotten to help every kind of organization from the humane society to a meals on wheels to the united way. >> reporter: with the click of a mouse she uses her pr skills to help nonprofits promote events, come up with slogans, pretty much anything they would have to pay to outsource. >> we wanted to find a way to fit volunteerism into nonprecious time into the little moments in our workday that we have available. >> reporter: ben rigby calls it microvolunteerism and it's the reason he founded sparks.com a website where nonprofit groups ask for help and those looking to volunteer offer their skills around their schedules. >> at their dis,employees can volunteer using their skills, using their high expertise, for nonprofits in these 15-minute to an hour chunks of time. >> reporter: and companies like linkedin love the idea. it's among a growing group which includes google and kraft foods that encourages employees to particip
. >> reporter: she is the public relations manager at linkedin so finding time to volunteer wasn't an option until her employer introduced her to spark.com. >> i have gotten to help every kind of organization from the humane society to a meals on wheels to the united way. >> reporter: with the click of a mouse she uses her pr skills to help nonprofits promote events, come up with slogans, pretty much anything they would have to pay to outsource. >> we wanted to find a...
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linkedin was famous for hardening glue -- linkedin was famous -- lincoln was famous for pardoning deserters. he could not bring himself to cause mayhem and mass murder. we know reagan wrote his own radio script, and of course, he had a wonderful sense of humor. one of my favorite reagan stories comes from when he was governor, and he went to the university of california. a protest broke out, and protests broke out everywhere. his adviser wanted him to avoid these demonstrators by going out a back door, and he said, i am going to walk right through them. he gets to his car, and these hippie types, dirty, unshaven, start pounding on his door and saying, we are the future, and the story goes common and and and now reagan opened the window and said, i am going to it -- the story goes, reagan opened the window and said, in that case, i am going to sell my bonds. these were deeply modest men. they are deeply grounded in then. they understood human nature. they were realists. a story goes that when a guy's wife runs away with a gardener, and a neighbor tries to comfort the sky and says, that is te
linkedin was famous for hardening glue -- linkedin was famous -- lincoln was famous for pardoning deserters. he could not bring himself to cause mayhem and mass murder. we know reagan wrote his own radio script, and of course, he had a wonderful sense of humor. one of my favorite reagan stories comes from when he was governor, and he went to the university of california. a protest broke out, and protests broke out everywhere. his adviser wanted him to avoid these demonstrators by going out a...
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opportunity, how can i make a difference, who are -- are there people there i can connect so easily now with linkedin, with social networks, other people who are -- share the same passion, let's get together and make a difference. >> so interesting. because it's connections when you talk to the so-called experts about the job market or starting business, the connections are so incredibly important and connections come with knowing yourself and the people around you. deepak chopra, author of "soul of leadership" and many, many other books, it's always a pleasure to see you. >> thank you. >> the top five spots in the country look for if you're wanting a job is your city on this list? find out next. know, the ones who do a super job? superpages.com®. for local maps, reviews and videos & it's the only local search site with the superguarantee®. so next time, let the good guys save the day. get the superguarantee®, only at superpages®. in the book, on your phone or at superpages.com®. for red lobster we can find. [ male announcer ] hurry into crabfest at red lobster and savor 3 crab entrees under $20
opportunity, how can i make a difference, who are -- are there people there i can connect so easily now with linkedin, with social networks, other people who are -- share the same passion, let's get together and make a difference. >> so interesting. because it's connections when you talk to the so-called experts about the job market or starting business, the connections are so incredibly important and connections come with knowing yourself and the people around you. deepak chopra, author...
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>> if you have a linkedin profile, create and have and manage a linkedin profile. you can link your updates to your twitter account. if you have a twitter account that is business related, that is great. if you are linking your facebook to your business twitter or business followers on twitter and you are talking about your son's little league game, that may not be cool. think about what you are doing. i don't recommend it. >> clearly, as we wrap up, it is about sending information to your friends that is fun or your business folks that is more in line with what they expect. >> right. i think the main thing is people should take this seriously. it is their brand. it is their reputation. they should take the time to do it right and analyze what they are doing and why they are doing it. >> you can't get away from your brand. denise, thank you. i appreciate you joining us. >>> a stowaway aboard a delta flight gave passengers a scare. was it a bird or bat? we will get another look in two minutes. hat if we turnedrash into surfboards? whatever your what if is, the new s
>> if you have a linkedin profile, create and have and manage a linkedin profile. you can link your updates to your twitter account. if you have a twitter account that is business related, that is great. if you are linking your facebook to your business twitter or business followers on twitter and you are talking about your son's little league game, that may not be cool. think about what you are doing. i don't recommend it. >> clearly, as we wrap up, it is about sending information...
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. ♪ [ laughter ] thank -- [ laughter ] thank you, linkedin, for being facebook's boring uncle. [ laughter ] "exciting news. gary is now an --" ugh, who cares? [ light laughter ] thank you, autocorrect on my iphone, for making it look like i'm typing in "mad libs." [ laughter ] "hi, tracy, i'll stop by after my stinky blender gets whisper zebras." [ laughter ] [ applause ] [ humming ] ♪ [ laughter ] ♪ 23 skedoo ♪ wanna buy a duck? >> jimmy: "you wanna buy a duck?" is what you said at the end? >> steve: yeah. joe penner. ask your grandparents, kids. >> jimmy: oh, gosh. ♪ thank you, the word "receipt," for having a totally unnecessary letter "p" in you. you should get your money back for that letter "p," man. hopefully you kept the receip-t. [ laughter ] [ applause ] thank you, report that said presidents age twice as fast as normal people due to the stress of their job, which means that if obama gets reelected, he's going to look like this -- [ laughter ] [ cheers and applause ] [ humming "sanford and son" theme ] ♪ >> jimmy: i'll take it from there. ♪ my name is jimmy and i'm h
. ♪ [ laughter ] thank -- [ laughter ] thank you, linkedin, for being facebook's boring uncle. [ laughter ] "exciting news. gary is now an --" ugh, who cares? [ light laughter ] thank you, autocorrect on my iphone, for making it look like i'm typing in "mad libs." [ laughter ] "hi, tracy, i'll stop by after my stinky blender gets whisper zebras." [ laughter ] [ applause ] [ humming ] ♪ [ laughter ] ♪ 23 skedoo ♪ wanna buy a duck? >> jimmy: "you...
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it is also about connecting with business professionals through linkedin and things like that. how will our brands and consumers using social media -- how are the brands and consumers using social media in interesting ways? >> i think there are a lot of tool sets that have come into play. they are making social and media more accessible. pulse news is one that i use. it pulls in from social media to make sense of what journalists and others that i respect are saying. it puts it together in one place that is easy. any kind of news i am interested in, all of these thieves -- feeds are coming in from twitter and presenting its in an interesting way. whenever i am interested in is presented in an interesting way. this is a whole another aspect of social media. it is the twitter feed your accustomed to but in a way i was accustomed to with a magazine. with better filtration and tools, it is pretty fantastic. tools allow us to filter out and bring the best of journalism and respected sources or entertainment together that is available. >> facebook has 750 million users. it was a coun
it is also about connecting with business professionals through linkedin and things like that. how will our brands and consumers using social media -- how are the brands and consumers using social media in interesting ways? >> i think there are a lot of tool sets that have come into play. they are making social and media more accessible. pulse news is one that i use. it pulls in from social media to make sense of what journalists and others that i respect are saying. it puts it together...
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i tell people how they can interact on twitter, and engage on linkedin, and share advise with others in their field. >> what have you done in terms of making yourself more marketing? >> i have not done the twitter and facebooking, but i havebeen networking with people. >> just talking to people. >> yeah, somebody standing on the corner, it doesn't matter who they are, and i open myself up to let everybody know i am seeking employment. >> there are a few sectors hiri hiring. at this point johanna says she has been out of work for 18 months and will do anything. >> the number one thing is to say i can do anything. employers don't want somebody desperate. so focus in on what your specific skills are and then identify specific jobs. don't say i would like to apply for any job in your organization. >> when you hear the numbers, the unemployment rate overall in the nation is 9.1%. for blacks, it's 15.9%. for whites, it's 8.1%. nearly double for african-americans. >> and it may be even more than that, because honestly, they are not counting -- i think the numbers are sort of fudged. and the
i tell people how they can interact on twitter, and engage on linkedin, and share advise with others in their field. >> what have you done in terms of making yourself more marketing? >> i have not done the twitter and facebooking, but i havebeen networking with people. >> just talking to people. >> yeah, somebody standing on the corner, it doesn't matter who they are, and i open myself up to let everybody know i am seeking employment. >> there are a few sectors...
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products in order to increase the value we deliver to members and realize the full potential of the linkedin platform. what does that mean? it can apply to any company doing anything in the world. we'll find out what we're up to. political ticker time. comedian and host pete domenici nick on sirius podus. it's twins' weekend, we figureled we'd book you. >> you're more ageless. and raceless. i'm just this pale guy. >> you're smart and funny. sounds like a line from the movie, "the help." talk about the low approval rate. we're talking really low. >> this is one of the highest disapproval rates ever. mark twain said it could be shown by facts or figures that there's no distinctively native american criminal class except for congress, alley velshi. most of the men and women they think we're stupid. they're not listening to us. >> isn't that sad? we have freedom, we can vote, we have liberties, we have a market. why does that have to be the case? >> i think it's because they're not doing the bidding of the american people but doing the bidding of the people who pay them to write the rules and re
products in order to increase the value we deliver to members and realize the full potential of the linkedin platform. what does that mean? it can apply to any company doing anything in the world. we'll find out what we're up to. political ticker time. comedian and host pete domenici nick on sirius podus. it's twins' weekend, we figureled we'd book you. >> you're more ageless. and raceless. i'm just this pale guy. >> you're smart and funny. sounds like a line from the movie,...
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recently-public companies like linkedin, were off. one winner today, gold. a new record for gold futures today, topping $1,720 an ounce. all this selling, which has been going on for the better part of two weeks, has taken its toll, both on individual investors and on businesses. >> you're trying them all? >> yes. >> that's a lot of root beer. >> reporter: opening a business is always tough. opening one in this environment, well, we have plenty of good reasons why that's crazy. >> thanks. have a good day. >> reporter: but at rocket fizz, which sells all sorts of candy and pop, you'll remember from your youth, business is pretty sweet. >> a lot of people are willing to give up a lot of things. they give up buying a nice, expensive watch or the latest electronic device. but people are willing to say, i deserve a soda. i deserve a piece of chocolate or something like that. and it's not that much of an investment. >> you know what? you know the downfall of wall street? greed. >> reporter: across town, they're not giving up coffee, either. but they are concerned
recently-public companies like linkedin, were off. one winner today, gold. a new record for gold futures today, topping $1,720 an ounce. all this selling, which has been going on for the better part of two weeks, has taken its toll, both on individual investors and on businesses. >> you're trying them all? >> yes. >> that's a lot of root beer. >> reporter: opening a business is always tough. opening one in this environment, well, we have plenty of good reasons why that's...
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i used linkedin which is like a professional social network. which is a great tool for recruiting people and connecting on a network perspective. that's my business and social. facebook i try to restrict from, you know, colleagues and business associates. so i totally agree with you. >> we really like using facebook at 20 x 200 as a way to get response from our customers. so we do, you know, different sorts of quizzes or contexts from time to time. it's a really easy way to get sort of interactive, if you will with your customers. and that's one the real strengths that we find about it. >> so i have to be honest, my -- i've noticed, you know, the broad spectrum of behavior on facebook, at least in my life. i have a large group of friends and family members who use it sort of on a regular basis. then i have some that are really afraid to share information. then i have any nephew who is sharing everything about his life to me every hour of the day. every whim, every thought that passes through his mind. it scares me a little bit. and as i know, a
i used linkedin which is like a professional social network. which is a great tool for recruiting people and connecting on a network perspective. that's my business and social. facebook i try to restrict from, you know, colleagues and business associates. so i totally agree with you. >> we really like using facebook at 20 x 200 as a way to get response from our customers. so we do, you know, different sorts of quizzes or contexts from time to time. it's a really easy way to get sort of...
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linkedin shares are rallying. >> bulls are carrying on, on wall street, as they react to the jobs report. >> jane king is live with the latest. hang on, jane. buckle in. >> no kidding. this has been crazy. we're up today. we have the job report coming out a bit better than expected last month. the numbers, in july, the u.s. created 117,000 jobs. we expected 85,000. so a little bit better than expected. jobless rate dropping, actually, to 9.1% from 9.2%. in california, currently stands at 11.8%. so that is much higher than the rest of the country. so let's see how the market is doing after that bloodbath that we had yesterday. a bit of a rebound here this morning. the dow is up 100 points. s&p and nasdaq all trading higher. the big question is this going to ease fears of recession and banking crisis in europe? the shares of mountain view based linked-in soaring. in their case, the job market, weak one is helping out the social networking company. they have sales from hiring surface tripled. the bad news for brocade communication, they lowered the third quarter guidance, facing softer than
linkedin shares are rallying. >> bulls are carrying on, on wall street, as they react to the jobs report. >> jane king is live with the latest. hang on, jane. buckle in. >> no kidding. this has been crazy. we're up today. we have the job report coming out a bit better than expected last month. the numbers, in july, the u.s. created 117,000 jobs. we expected 85,000. so a little bit better than expected. jobless rate dropping, actually, to 9.1% from 9.2%. in california,...
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i used linkedin which is like a professional social network. which is a great tool for recruiting people and connecting on a network perspective. that's my business and social. facebook i try to restrict from, you know, colleagues and business associates. so i totally agree with you. >> we really like using facebook at 20 x 200 as a way to get response from our customers. so we do, you know, different sorts of quizzes or contexts from time to time. it's a really easy way to get sort of interactive, if you will with your customers. and that's one the real strengths that we find about it. >> so i have to be honest, my -- i've noticed, you know, the broad spectrum of behavior on facebook, at least in my life. i have a large group of friends and family members who use it sort of on a regular basis. then i have some that are really afraid to share information. then i have any nephew who is sharing everything about his life to me every hour of the day. every whim, every thought that passes through his mind. it scares me a little bit. and as i know, a
i used linkedin which is like a professional social network. which is a great tool for recruiting people and connecting on a network perspective. that's my business and social. facebook i try to restrict from, you know, colleagues and business associates. so i totally agree with you. >> we really like using facebook at 20 x 200 as a way to get response from our customers. so we do, you know, different sorts of quizzes or contexts from time to time. it's a really easy way to get sort of...
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we have heavy traffic southbound between look is valley road and linkedin. here is a check on weather and the weather center. hawks >> we wanted to show you this shot. the bridge was socked in this morning. some pretty dense fog hanging on to the clothesline. by the afternoon, temperatures will be much cooler. a significant drop in those temperatures, 60s along the coast, '70s and '80s as a head to some of those inland locations. more on temperatures and a full look at your forecast coming up. we will be right back after this break. >> hurricane irene has strengthened to a category three with winds of 115 mi. per hour. we just get an update on the forecast from the national hurricane center. a major hurricane, a category 3 making its way through the bahamas. it is expected to stay a category three as a high of the storm brushes past the of our banks of the carolinas. tropical forest storm winds in washington d.c. and philadelphia. it will stare hurricane as it moves over the eastern half of long island. some very heavy rain and wind. the entire east coast is
we have heavy traffic southbound between look is valley road and linkedin. here is a check on weather and the weather center. hawks >> we wanted to show you this shot. the bridge was socked in this morning. some pretty dense fog hanging on to the clothesline. by the afternoon, temperatures will be much cooler. a significant drop in those temperatures, 60s along the coast, '70s and '80s as a head to some of those inland locations. more on temperatures and a full look at your forecast...
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if you are looking for a more affordable option, the experts suggest linkedin. >> despite some somewhat positive job news that we got this morning dan kerman tells us that there are still a lot of unemployed people that are struggling to find work. >> at the state unemployment office in sunnyvale, they see about 200 to 300 job seekers each day. >> i have been out of work for a little over three years now. >> i am an electrician and not finding a lot out there right now it is tough to get a job. >> this is the equipment support engineer transitioning over to i t. >> everyone's about two to five years' experience and i did not have that but i do have the knowledge it--and i'm just looking for someone to give me a chance. >> on dreamworks and customer service. >> i have been looking for about two years and i think it does have to stay positive. >> those that run the center say that hiring is on the increase as an example at this center, they have a group of job seekers looking for technology jobs. they say within the last four months, 90 of them have found work which they say is definitely
if you are looking for a more affordable option, the experts suggest linkedin. >> despite some somewhat positive job news that we got this morning dan kerman tells us that there are still a lot of unemployed people that are struggling to find work. >> at the state unemployment office in sunnyvale, they see about 200 to 300 job seekers each day. >> i have been out of work for a little over three years now. >> i am an electrician and not finding a lot out there right now...
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i used linkedin which is like a professional social network. which is a great tool for recruiting people and connecting on a network perspective. that's my business and social. facebook i try to restrict from, you know, colleagues and business associates. so i totally agree with you. >> we really like using facebook at 20 x 200 as a way to get response from our customers. so we do, you know, different sorts of quizzes or contexts from time to time. it's a really easy way to get sort of interactive, if you will with your customers. and that's one the real strengths that we find about it. >> so i have to be honest, my -- i've noticed, you know, the broad spectrum of behavior on facebook, at least in my life. i have a large group of friends and family members who use it sort of on a regular basis. then i have some that are really afraid to share information. then i have any nephew who is sharing everything about his life to me every hour of the day. every whim, every thought that passes through his mind. it scares me a little bit. and as i know, a
i used linkedin which is like a professional social network. which is a great tool for recruiting people and connecting on a network perspective. that's my business and social. facebook i try to restrict from, you know, colleagues and business associates. so i totally agree with you. >> we really like using facebook at 20 x 200 as a way to get response from our customers. so we do, you know, different sorts of quizzes or contexts from time to time. it's a really easy way to get sort of...
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. >> -- a generation of young people who are throwing a lot of stuff out there on facebook and linkedin and everything else without the kind of concern about privacy that my generation grew up with and have sort of rubbed into it. so when we look ahead, it's not that we don't want to protect vital information, but the whole idea of, basically, americans like government when their security is threatened. they don't like government when their privacy is threatened or when their communications are threatened. so just going forward that's an interesting thing to think about, that culturally we may be evolving into a society or a world where a lot of people don't particularly care if you're tromping about in their cyberspace. >> so let me see, i should note that government executive has just published a special issue on cybersecurity and that our terrific technology web site, next gov.com, has a lot of other information in addition to what was published in this print on that topic. i think we have run out of time. there is so much more we could talk about, but we've, we've covered some very
. >> -- a generation of young people who are throwing a lot of stuff out there on facebook and linkedin and everything else without the kind of concern about privacy that my generation grew up with and have sort of rubbed into it. so when we look ahead, it's not that we don't want to protect vital information, but the whole idea of, basically, americans like government when their security is threatened. they don't like government when their privacy is threatened or when their...
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. >>> and linkedin in the business social network reported a surprising profit in its first earnings report. it netted $4.5 million, that beat expectations. it reported sales more than doubled from a year ago. don't forget the latest news about your money check out the new cnnmoney.com. "american morning" back right after the break. i'm always looking out for small ways to be more healthy. like new splenda® essentials™ no calorie sweeteners. this bowl of strawberries is loaded with vitamin c. and now, b vitamins to boot. coffee doesn't have fiber. unless you want it to. new splenda® essentials™ are the first and only line of sweeteners with a small boost of fiber, or antioxidants, or b vitamins in every packet. mmm. same great taste with an added "way to go, me" feeling. new splenda® essentials™. get more out of what you put in. really? 25 grams of protein. what do we have? all four of us, together? 24. he's low fat, too, and has 5 grams of sugars. i'll believe it when i--- [ both ] oooooh... what's shakin'? [ female announcer ] as you get older, protein is an important part
. >>> and linkedin in the business social network reported a surprising profit in its first earnings report. it netted $4.5 million, that beat expectations. it reported sales more than doubled from a year ago. don't forget the latest news about your money check out the new cnnmoney.com. "american morning" back right after the break. i'm always looking out for small ways to be more healthy. like new splenda® essentials™ no calorie sweeteners. this bowl of strawberries is...